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AGENCY BASSETERRE (ST KITTS): India's new chief coach Anil Kumble will be keeping a keen eye on speedster Mohammed Shami's fitness along with the form of opener Shikhar Dhawan when the team begin its tour of West Indies with a two-day…
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AGENCY KOLKATA: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly turned 44 today and birthday wishes poured in from all quarters for one of the country's most celebrated cricketers. '#HappyBirthdayDada' trended on Twitter for the former batsman, who…
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AGENCY MUMBAI: India will make its maiden appearance in the under-17 Futsal World Cup, scheduled in Paraguay from July 11, after being invited by the sport's governing body as a wild card entrant. The five-a-side soccer sport, played on a…
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London: India's miserable campaign at the Wimbledon ended as defending mixed doubles champions Leander Paes and Martina Hingis were knocked out in the third round by scratch pair of Britain's Heather Watson and Finland's Henri Kontinen, who…
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AGENCY EL MONTE (US): Indian shuttlers had anothergood day at the US Open with six of them advancing to thesingles pre-quarterfinals of the USD 120,000 Grand Prix Goldbadminton tournament here. In men's singles, sixth seed B Sai Praneeth,…
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AGENCY LONDON: Six-time champion Serena Williams breezed into her ninth Wimbledon final, and a potential match-up with sister Venus, by demolishing un-seeded Russian Elena Vesnina in just 48 minutes on Thursday. The 34-year-old American,…
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AGENCY LONDON: Defending champions and top seeded pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis crashed out in the quarter-finals of the women's doubles event at the Wimbledon on Thursday. Fifth seeded pair of Timea Babos of Hungary and Yaroslava…
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AGENCY MANCHESTER: Confident of a seventh successive knockout win for Vijender Singh, his British trainer Lee Beard today said he has tweaked the Indian boxing stars technique slightly as part of preparations for the eagerly-anticipated WBO…
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AGENCY RAJKOT: The Major Dhyanchand Hockey Ground in the city, owned by the local civic body, has received recognition from the International Hockey Federation (FIH), Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra said today. The Rajkot Municipal…
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 AGENCY NEW DELHI: India's limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned 35 on Thursday as the cricket fraternity, from BCCI President Anurag Thakur to his former and current teammates, wished him luck. Besides former colleagues…
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